Othello: New Essays by Black WritersMythili Kaul The theme of this work is race and racism in Othello. The critical question raised is whether Othello is a racist play, written by a racist playwright, for a racist audience, or whether it is a play about racism, with Iago as the embodiment of racist attitudes. The perspectives, approaches, and conclusions of the essays are diverse. |
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... racism in Othello . This fact should not , however , obscure the diversity of the essays included in it . For instance , on the critical question whether Othello is a racist play or a play about racism , opinion is almost equally ...
... racism in Othello . This fact should not , however , obscure the diversity of the essays included in it . For instance , on the critical question whether Othello is a racist play or a play about racism , opinion is almost equally ...
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... racism and homoeroticism . S. E. Ogude , too , main- tains that Othello makes sense as comedy or farce but not as tragedy . He argues against black actors playing the role because Othello is not a black man but a white man's " grotesque ...
... racism and homoeroticism . S. E. Ogude , too , main- tains that Othello makes sense as comedy or farce but not as tragedy . He argues against black actors playing the role because Othello is not a black man but a white man's " grotesque ...
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... racism as a central theme of the play , Dowling argues : " Of course there's racism here . Brabantio and the other Venetians talk about him in the lan- guage of racism . " Thick lips ' they call him . They talk about the ' sooty bosom ...
... racism as a central theme of the play , Dowling argues : " Of course there's racism here . Brabantio and the other Venetians talk about him in the lan- guage of racism . " Thick lips ' they call him . They talk about the ' sooty bosom ...
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Black or Tawny? Stage Representations | 1 |
Or Ego in Love Sex and | 23 |
Would Direct Othello | 29 |
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